Cannot Renew My IP Address
My 'Local Area Connection' said that their is 'Limited or no connectivity'. I wen in to repair the connection and a sub-window, named 'Repair Local Area Connection', popped up telling me, "Windows is taking the following actions: Renewing your IP address." After a little while the message changes to, "Windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following action cannot be completed: Renewing your IP address, For assistance, contact the person who manages your network." And now, I'm pretty sure that is exactly what I'm doing. Please help!!!-Doctor Fox-1 person got this answerI do too
November 3rd, 2009 12:59am

How do you connect to the Internet? Broadband with a cable/DSL modem, a modem and a router, or a combination modem/router? Wired or wirelessly? Start troubleshooting by "power cycling" the modem and the router (if you have one). 1. Unplug the modem. 2. Unplug the router. Wait about 30 seconds. 3. Now plug the modem back in. Wait until all the lights are on. If all the lights don't come on - if the DSL light is off or the Cable light is off - contact your Internet Service Provider. 4. When the modem lights are back on, plug in the router. Now open up a browser and see if you have connectivity. If you do, you're done. If you don't and you have a modem and a router, plug the computer directly into the modem using an ethernet cable. If you have Internet connectivity, the router is probably bad. If you don't have Internet connectivity, call your ISP. There are other factors that may be involved - malware, incorrect network settings, etc. - but since you haven't given any details about your setup I can't address them. But starting with the power cycling is your first step.MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
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November 3rd, 2009 4:49pm

Thank you so much for helping me. Unplugging and re-plugging my router in woked perfectly, and I might be getting a new router soon. But I have another problem now. Do you think you can help? My lap top, an HP one, isn't accessing the internet unless it's offline. I tried to fix the problem but nothing I did worked. I'm sonnected to my home hetwork system, Chess is it's name, but it's not letting my on the internet. My network runs on a Netgear Wireless-N Router WNR2000. The status of the network, on my laptop,says that it's 'Validating Identity'. I'm not sure what that means. Also a pop-up bubble in the lower right hand area of the screen apears everytime I try reconnecting, and it says that Windows was unable to find a certificate to log you on to the network Chess. Do you think you know what's wrong?
November 17th, 2009 9:39pm

Do you use DSL? It sounds like you don't have the router configured correctly with your username/password for the DSL connection.MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
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November 17th, 2009 10:33pm

I'm having the same problem but my ISP said they couldn't help even though they tried. I was using a modem and tried to add a router for a laptop. After trying to add the router my pc was giving me the cannot renew my ip address message. My roommate can use his laptop with the modem/router combo but I can not get my pc working with the modem. What should I do?
September 12th, 2010 6:40am

Your DSL router is not properly configured. You need to input proper username and password. And if you are using any switch like for wifi you should remove it and connect your pc directly to dsl router for configuration. You can get your configurations from your ISP.IT Support SCO* D *
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September 16th, 2010 3:22am

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